Dee Events Center

Coordinates: 41°10′57″N 111°56′42″W / 41.18250°N 111.94500°W / 41.18250; -111.94500

Dee Events Center
Construction
"The DEE" and "The Purple Palace"

Location	Harrison Boulevard Ogden, UT 84408
Owner	Weber State University
Operator	Weber State University
Capacity	11,500
Record attendance	10,583 (vs. East Carolina, April 2, 2013)
Surface	Multi-surface
Broke ground	March 21, 1975^[1]
Opened	November 1, 1977^[1]
Construction cost	$11.4 million ($44.6 million in 2016 dollars^[2])
Architect	Robert A. Fowler and Associates^[1]
Structural engineer	Reaveley Engineers & Associates^[1]
General contractor	Acord-Harris Construction^[1]
Tenants
Weber State Wildcats (NCAA)

Dee Events Center is an 11,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Ogden, Utah. The circular, domed arena, similar in design to many arenas of the time, opened in 1977 and was named for the Lawrence T. Dee family, for his extensive contributions in building the arena.

The arena is the largest arena in Utah north of Salt Lake City. It is home to the Weber State University Wildcats men's and women's basketball teams. It was home to the Weber State women's volleyball team until 2006. The venue has hosted the Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament nine times: 1979, 1980, 1984, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, and 2010. It has hosted first- and second-round NCAA men's basketball tournament games three times, in 1980, 1986 and 1994, and in 1983 it hosted the West Regionals, won by the eventual national champion N.C. State Wolfpack under Jim Valvano.

At the end of the 1995-96 season a new basketball court floor was installed and after the 2005-06 season a new court surface look was installed. In the summer of 2010 the Jumbotron was replaced by a new Pro-Star Vision Screen scoreboard. It features 4 HD LCD screens, an all LED display around the screens and a Pro-Add LED Display Ring on top. The front panel of the scorer's table is a Pro-Add LED Display. Both the ring and the scorer's table are full-color full-motion LED fascias. Also, added in this upgrade were LED scoreboards behind each basketball standard. Three-sided shot clocks were installed on top of each hoop including the running game time. During the summer of 2012, the court was once again re-surfaced to go along with the new logo also released that summer.

Basketball Statistics

All-Time WSU Men's Basketball Record - 1,003-572
Overall Record at the Dee Events Center (DEC) - 445-113
DEC Record - Big Sky Games - 220-56
Randy Rahe's DEC Record - 127-22
Rahe's DEC Record - Big Sky Games - 76-10

References

1 2 3 4 5 Dee Events Center History
↑ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved October 21, 2016.

External links

Weber State Wildcats men's basketball

Venues	Swenson Gym (1962–1977) Dee Events Center (1977–present)

Rivalries	In-state Utah schools

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Weber State University

Academics	Business & Economics Health Professions

Facilities	Dee Events Center Ice Sheet at Ogden Ott Planetarium Stewart Stadium Swenson Gym

Athletics	Football Men's basketball

Media	KUEN KWCR-FM Weber

Related	List of Weber State University people Old Oquirrh Bucket

Basketball arenas of the Big Sky Conference

Reese Court (Eastern Washington)
Cowan Spectrum (Idaho)
Holt Arena / Reed Gym (Idaho State)
Dahlberg Arena (Montana)
Worthington Arena (Montana State)
Walkup Skydome (Northern Arizona)
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center / Ralph Engelstad Arena (North Dakota)
Bank of Colorado Arena (Northern Colorado)
Stott Center (Portland State)
Hornets Nest (Sacramento State)
Centrum Arena (Southern Utah)
Dee Events Center (Weber State)

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